[CQ-Contest] Reverse Beacon Network News - hopefully of generalinterest

[Jim Neiger]

Indeed.  Let's make sure everyone in the pile-ups are calling on exactly the 
SAME FREQUENCY !!  That will undoubtedly help our rates, and the number that 
ultimately make it into the log.
 Packet was bad enough.  Your skimmer is a night-mare.

Jim Neiger  N6TJ

p.s.  I will be listening up 2 to 5 from 9Y4W in November.  Pete, please 
call me exactly on my frequency; that will help clear out the pile-up above.

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From: "Pete Smith N4ZR" <n4zr at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 5:49 AM
To: "CQ Contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Reverse Beacon Network News - hopefully of 
generalinterest

> We've just fielded the latest release of the Aggregator - the software
> that forwards spots from RBN contributors' CW Skimmers to the RBN web
> server.
>
> I normally wouldn't announce this on a general forum like this, but the
> new Aggregator has one important breakthrough feature.  Each connected
> Aggregator now receives a report every 5 minutes indicating how its
> receiver's frequency calibration is. This should be an important aid to
> keeping the frequency calibration of RBN spots as good, we hope, as the
> callsign accuracy.  Please let us know what you think.
>
> -- 
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> The World Contest Station Database, at www.conteststations.com
> The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at 
> reversebeacon.blogspot.com,
> spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 and
> arcluster.reversebeacon.net, port 7000
>
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